Global miRNA Expression of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells in Fanconi Anemia Patients Before Transplantation and their Allogeneic Bone Marrow Donors

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by genomic instability, developmental defects and bone marrow failure. Homeostasis of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the bone marrow partly relies on their direct or indirect interactions with the mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs). miRNAs can play a critical role during these interactions. There is no study available so far addressing the miRNA profile of bone marrow (BM-) MSCs in the FA disease state. Non-coding RNA expression profiling was performed in BM-MSCs obtained from Donors (siblings of FA patients), as well as FA patients before bone marrow transplantation (preBMT) using GeneChip miRNA 2.0 Array. Quality Control (QC) was performed via Normalized Unscaled Standard Errors (NUSE) and Relative Log Expression (RLE) before further analysis. Non-coding RNA expression profiling was performed using total RNAs including small RNAs isolated from passage 3 BM-MSCs, which are obtained from Donors (n=6 after QC; designated as HUSCS-D) and FA patients (n=6 after QC; designated as HUSCS-FA).